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18 December 2pm Protest takes place See: Tension in the House 17 December midday House history My parents, Barry and Glenis Keoghan were part of the trio who started Achievement House. I have always had…

Lava domes are fascinating things. In short, they are when a volcano builds a small, unstable, dangerous mountain, that will likely collapse at some point (or many). When lava reaches the surface at a near-solid…

Jeff Parker Pastor, Elim Church Christmas is a time of wonder. You see it on the faces of children as they get excited about the day coming. It was there at the Cambridge Christmas parade…

The year is nearly over and in terms of New Zealand’s economic performance in 2025 and most people will say thank heavens for that. A number of things that happened during the year were expected…

I said repeatedly on the campaign trail that if I did a good job, I would be a one term councillor. I have always been an advocate for a restructure but never in my wildest…

Contemporary society’s downward spiral into becoming more secularised and humanistic, has triggered lots of inevitable consequences. Notably, fewer people identify nowadays as ‘religious’. A weird irony is that with Christianity being the originating source for…

Last week I made the trek up to Auckland for the Geoscience Society of New Zealand annual conference and I’ll share a glimpse into how these events help science across Aotearoa. Conferences are a place…

We live under and, and are surrounded by, at least three layers of political governance. Not necessarily in the political party sense of those layers but in their sheer ability to smother the populace with…

Thank you In a world where we are too quick to criticise, a moment to say thank you tends to be forgotten. My husband Henry died at home a month ago, after a lifetime of…

Christmas holidays and the festive season are upon us. In my last column for the year, I would like to wish you all a relaxing break and provide a few timely reminders.  Periodically I discuss…